Chapter 0065
With a statement like there, I had no polite way of backing out. Not that I would. These kids needed me,
and Elva was already having fun with them, playing on the slides.
Nicholas and I would just have to put aside our differences long enough to help the kids. After that, we
could go back to not getting along as usual.
After confirming I would be staying, the caretaker offered to lead me and Mark inside.
“I’ll stay out here,” Mark said. “Keep an eye on the kids.”
I was grateful. If he watched Elva, I knew I wouldn’t have to worry.
Inside, I joined Nicholas in the kitchen. He was washing dishes, preparing for the day’s main event:
lunch. And what an extravagant lunch it would be, if the piles of containers were any indication.
“Did you bring all this from the palace?” I peeked under the aluminum foil on one of the containers. Inside was at least ten servings of garlic potatoes.
“One of the cooks is particularly fond of me,” Nicholas said. “She makes special servings when I ask.”
“She must really like you. There’s a ton of food here.”
“She knows it goes to a good cause. Plus, I make sure she’s well compensated for the extra effort.”
More money? No wonder she liked him.
Nicholas finished washing a plate then set it aside on a wet stack. Grabbing a towel, I went to his side
and began to dry.
This was… domestic. Him washing and then passing the dishes to me to dry. It reminded me of when we
had been dating. How many times had we shared moments just like this?
Even the location wasn’t all that different.
“Do you remember at the Academy? We used to help out the kids at the orphanage like this all the time.”
I had felt that with all my good fortune from being there, it was the least I could do to pay some of it forward and help the less fortunate.
Nicholas had always accompanied me. Often times, he went even when I couldn’t.
never stopped,” he said.
looked sad.
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